Nina May Whitfield is about as mixed up as the acrylics on her canvases. She’s a sixteen-year-old Latina in a predominantly white community, an artist in a blue collar family.

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and a girl who completely fumbled her almost-first kiss. Now Nina is focused on prepping for her first Art Show and hoping she can convince her dad that studying art is worthwhile but Nina’s best friends Camila and Ev are determined to get her out from behind the canvas and over her first-kiss fears.

Camila is sure all Nina has to do is listen to her corazon. Ev, who considers herself a lip-lock pro, has a more pragmatic approach: Nina needs practice.

When her friends’ plans turn her world upside down, she finally realizes her insecurity is deeper than boy trouble or mixed media art. It’s about believing in herself and trusting her heart.

Nina has no choice but to face the questions that constantly swirl in her head. What if no one buys her art? What if she can’t trust herself to know what she wants? What if she never feels worthy of any of it? If she can confront her self-doubt, then she take her art to the next level, let herself fall in love, and finally find herself.

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